DANIEL JONES (BalconyTV)

BALCONYTV.COM 2/09/2008
PRESENTED BY TOM MILLETT
Daniel Jones is a Cork-born solo artist. This debut release sees the songs that served Daniel's previous band, The Guests, in their nationwide gigging days abandoned, with more adult, literate numbers written. The time he spent in Chicago is a major influence. "Faces, Girls, Monsters" is the sound of Daniel Jones alone -- a 4-song introduction to a major talent............ 'Rip It Up' is a storming opener. The Killers kidnap Neil Young's guitar from his Buffalo Springfield days and thrash the strings while an early incarnation of Blur make merry with the bass line......... 'Bouquet' asks the deathless question 'In the end, what is time?' The song stays comfortably the cool side of angst and is made for the soundtrack to an as-yet-unmade Sofia Coppola movie........... The loose-limbed pop sensibilities of 'Barefoot Childstar', complete with its 'Everybody dance now' hook, is as charming as anything Jeff Tweedy wrote when he was happy. And it departs the stage after one minute and twenty three seconds. Brevity is bliss.......... The closer, 'Taunting The Tide' is just gorgeous, a ballad to end all tear-jerkers. If this pearl fails to move you then you lead a sad, unfulfilled life. It's emotionally devastating - an astounding end to a glittering set that combines pop, rock and country with matchless grace.

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